August 12, 2004
Quick Recap
We'd just finished our year contract at Qingtian and our good friend Sumo was coming to visit from Australia. He arrived on the 13th of July and Jo's brother Pete on the 16th. We began our whirlwind tour of China...Read this update
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August 10, 2004
How Are Ya
In Beijing we met up with a group of Aussies who'd just come from Mongolia. They were a great bunch and made drinking beer to the wee hours very easy. One of the guys "Dave" had named RMB "how are...Read this update
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August 07, 2004
Great Wall
Yesterday we walked along the great wall again. Same place as last time Jinshanling - Simatai. A 10km stroll up and down 30 towers. Hard work but a more pleasant journey when it's not covered in snow. The Chinese...Read this update
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August 05, 2004
Forbidden City
We had planned to spend today visiting the Mao Mausoleum and Forbidden City. In true Chinese fashion the Forbidden City is heavily being refurbished - has anyone told them it's peak season. After the Forbidden City we rode around looking...Read this update
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Temple of Heaven
We arrived in Beijing on Wednesday morning checked in to the Far East Youth Hostel hired bikes and hit the town. Our first stop was the Temple of Heaven, having missed it last time we wanted to make sure we...Read this update
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Terracotta Warriors
Well we've finally done it! We've seen the pottery army from 3000 years ago and I must confess I'm a little sceptical. They are amazing perhaps too amazing. The background story is 4 peasant farmers were digging a well in...Read this update
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July 29, 2004
Songpan
What a bummer!! We went to Songpan with the intention of horse trekking for a couple of days and getting out of the big smoke. We had reservations about the horse and Sumo's size but we were assured before we...Read this update
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July 28, 2004
Culture Show
We went to a Culture Show in Chengdu. It was a great show in an open air teahouse/theatre. Previously we've seen both Beijing and Sichuan Opera. I confess I'm not a fan of either - nor can I tell the...Read this update
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July 27, 2004
Chengdu
We arrived this morning and already we are feeling better. We're staying at Holly's again and the staff are terrific. We are planning our Songpan trip and are going to bum around here for 2 days. Tomorrow we'll see the...Read this update
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July 25, 2004
Bamboo Temple
Although people had raved about Kunming in particluar the Camellia Hostel we thought differently. The place was quite busy and they didn't seem particularly keen to help. We did go out to the Bamboo Temple and it was quite nice....Read this update
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July 22, 2004
Water Cave
This afternoon the three of us went out to the Water Cave. We had heard from Nic and Mike our Kiwi friends it was an interesting place to check out. We were paddled in wooden boats inside the cave and...Read this update
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Morning Sun Hotel
We are staying at the Morning Sun Hotel in Yanghsuo. It is the cleanest friendliest place I have stayed in the year I have been in China. Frances is the manager and she can speak enough English to be very...Read this update
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Moon Hill
Yesterday Sumo, Trev and I hired a guide "Bono" and went for a ride out to Moon Hill. Bono is learning English and was a fantastic guide, he took us out of town through the rice fields of Aishang Village....Read this update
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July 19, 2004
Shanghai
We arrived in Shanghai on Friday morning to collect Pete and make a run for it to Guilin. Unfortunately train tickets were scarce so we had to stay 4 days there. Shanghai is just a huge expensive city. We did...Read this update
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